Kodiak^® Orange Diervilla x

I've had this plant for 2-3 years. It has been so disappointing. Yes the deer eat it but even more disappointing is that it simply does not perform. Doesn't flower and doesn't have fall color. It is in almost complete shade and gets average water. I was hoping it would screen an unattractive utility post. I guess it's time to look for a new plant.

Going on 3 years with one of these in my landscape. It’s in pretty deep shade, I’d say 4 hours of good dappled sunlight and relatively dry too. I haven’t had too good of flowering but that’s okay I’m not terrible fond of yellow flowers. The fall color is the kicker for me though. In its own regards it’s right there with my spice baby viburnums and fothergilla gardenii. It’s stayed true to size but I’d need another year or two without trimming to truly see it’s more mature size.

Obtained one Kodiak Orange diervilla from a local metro St. Louis gardening center during April 2021. Planted it a partial shade location. The plant was doing fine until approximately late September/early October when, one night, deer ate it to the ground. Needless to say, 2021 was not kind to the diervilla. This spring (2022), it has re-sprouted and I have protected it with a metal cage (thank you Effinger's Garden Center). The metal cage is actually a hanging thick wire rod planter basket turned upside down which I then staked the cage to the ground. I will see whether, and how well, the diervilla recovers. No plant is completely "deer proof."

I bought this plant about 3 years ago and planted it in a very large 1/2 barrel in the shade. It has never bloomed and never had the beautiful leaf color that was described. It simply acts like a very ordinary shrub and I'm terribly disappointed. I'm going to give it a hard pruning late winter, early spring to see if will do any better this coming year.

I bought two Kodak Orange and one Kodak Red. Stated as deer resistant, however…the deer ate all the leaves on all the stems! I now possess 3 additional shrubs that I have to spray to deter deer. Very sad I bought these.